Service Description

Young children, in my view are the easiest recipients of hypnotherapy, simply, because, they have no preconceived ideas, their minds are open and they have not yet learned to rationalise. So as far as they are concerned Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy are as real as you or I. About a quarter of my clients are children and teenagers, and they come with a variety of problems from lack of confidence, stress or anxiety, bed-wetting, bullying, sleeping problems, thumb sucking, fear of the dark, eating problems, nail biting, anger, fear of parents leaving them, dentists, needles, exam taking, self harming etc. As with adults, my ethos is the same. To get to know each of them as individuals so they are comfortable talking to me, and look at their problems through their eyes. With children of six or seven, I like to find out about their favourite characters, so we not only have something to talk about ( at this point I should mentions there is nothing that I don't know about Barbie or Spider Man), but they can be used in an imaginary or story scenario that they will easily accept. With older children or teenagers, once their natural defences or bravado disappear, I find they will talk quite openly about their problems, and from then on, getting them back on track happens surprisingly quickly.